Dan Jones

The Hundred Years War has begun, and although King
Edward and his lords are on the march through France, the
war really belongs to the men on the ground. One of the tight
knit companies making their way through the chaos are the Essex
Dogs, who are trying to stay alive long enough to see their home
again.


 


Author of Essex Dogs, Dan Jones, is a historian, broadcaster, and
best-selling author of ten non-fiction books. He joins Richard
and Judy to explain why a milestone birthday prompted him to move
into fiction writing for the first time.


 


He also talks about the parallels he’s observed between medieval
armies and football hooligans, what Game of Thrones author George
R. R. Martin told him about how to combine fact with fiction, and
how the title was inspired by a Blur song.


 


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